Barbed Wire Wreath Spiral Card and Video

I have been playing with my MISTI tool and my stamps lately, as I have been inspired by an older post from Iliana about using shape templates to create a spiral stamped image. You can download the octagon template I used directly from her blog post.  I printed the template, laminated it and added some double sided removable poster tape to the center so it would hold my cardstock in place while I was stamping.  

Here is the finished card:

And a video I made showing the process of stamping with the MISTI template and creating the card:

Supplies Used:

Texana Designs Stamps: Mini BW Wreath, So Happy For You

Georgia Pacific: White Cardstock

Crate Paper: Acorn Avenue (Cashew Shop)

We R Memory Keepers: April Showers (Simply Spring)

Tsukineko: Versafine Inkpad (Onyx Black)

Hero Arts: Soft Granite Inkpad

Ranger: Tim Holtz Distress Crayons (Fossilized Amber, Peacock Feathers); 

Distress Inkpads (Fossilized Amber, Peacock Feathers); Foam Blending Tool

Kuretake: Zig Writer (Platinum)

Cheery Lynn Designs: French Pastry Doily Die

Spellbinders: Nestabilities Die (Small Standard Circles)

Freckled Fawn: Enamel Dew Drop Stickers (Est Blue)

3M Foam Tape

Paint Brush, Water

Ranger Heat It Tool

MISTI Tool

Craft Mat

Texas State University cards

I have two cards to share today. These are college related, but could be adapted for any occasion. :)

The tan card has more of a masculine look. I stamped the Bobcats word on the background of the tan cardstock with Versamark ink, then sprayed the Bronze color over top. I highlighted the word Bobcats with black in the bottom right corner. The smaller Texas State University fits perfectly in the center of the Texas Outline (small) and I colored the image with markers, then covered with clear glitter. 

The card base and all the layers were inked along the edges with a black inkpad and a foam blending tool. A small piece of maroon cardstock and some brown brads adds to the masculine feel.

Supplies used for Tan card:

*Texana Designs Stamps: Texas Outline (Small), Texas State University, Bobcats

Tan & Maroon Cardstock

Georgia Pacific: White Cardstock

Tsukineko: Memento Inkpad (Tuxedo Black), Versamark Inkpad (Clear)

Ranger: Distress Inkpad (Antique Linen, Black Soot); Foam Blending Tool

Heidi Swapp Color Shine: Bronzer

Letraset: Promarkers/Flexmarkers (Burgundy, Cappuccino)

Zig: Wink of Stella Glitter Pen (Clear)

The Paper Studio: Brads

3M Foam Tape

* = products I have received in exchange for making a card sample. 

The white card has a background created with the Star (mini) stamp colored with markers. Then the gold mist was sprayed over the stamped base, which gives the card a fun, sparkly surprise.

 The main image was stamped with the large square first, then adding the Texas Outline and the Texas State University words inside that. The word Bobcats had enough room to fit in the bottom corner. I colored this layer with markers and used foam tape to add it to the card base. The card base and the maroon layer were both inked along the edges with a black inkpad and a foam blending tool.

Supplies Used for White Card:

*Texana Designs Stamps: Texas Outline (Small), Texas State University, Bobcats, Large Square Frame, Star (mini)

Tan & Maroon Cardstock

Georgia Pacific: White Cardstock

Tsukineko: Memento Inkpad (Tuxedo Black)

Ranger: Distress Inkpad (Antique Linen, Black Soot); Foam Blending Tool

Heidi Swapp Color Shine: Gold

Letraset: Promarkers/Flexmarkers (Burgundy, Cappuccino)

3M Foam Tape

* = products I have received in exchange for making a card sample. 

Texas State Card

I have a card I created last week to share with you today...

 I stamped the image with my Versamark inkpad onto white cardstock, then used the gold glitter embossing powder and heat set it. 

Then I used my alcohol markers to color in the image and cut it out.  For the grey cardstock, I used some Pearl Metallic Paint thinned with water and a paintbrush to give the cardstock a shimmery wash of color. I used the grey inkpad and foam blending tool to add some definition to the outside of the pattern paper card base. 

The gold in the embossing powder, the glitter washi tape and the layer of shimmer on the grey cardstock all give this card extra sparkle and shine!

Supplies Used: 

Texana Designs Stamp: Texas (state)

Georgia Pacific: White Cardstock

ANW Crestwood: Grey Cardstock (Night Sky) Crate Paper: Pattern Paper (Hazelwood Café)

Tsukineko: Versamark Inkpad

Ranger: Distress Inkpad (Hickory Smoke); Foam Blending Tool, Adirondack Metallic Paint Dabber (Pearl)

Letraset: Promarkers (Red, Linen, Mint Green, Warm Grey 4)

Wow: Embossing Glitter (Metallic Gold Sparkle) Seal It: Glitter Washi Tape (Gold)

Spellbinders: Nestabilities Die (Labels 18) 3M Foam Tape Paint Brush, Water

Texana Designs: March 2014 Blog Hop with card sketch

I am very excited to be able to participate in the first ever blog hop for Texana Designs!

My friend who is also on the design team with me, Karen Lambert, created a sketch for us to use. I chose to use the landscape version that had a horizontal orientation:

Here is my card I made based off this sketch:

This is a process video showing step-by-step how I created this card. This is my first EVER video, and I am really excited to be able to start sharing videos here on my blog.

Here is the list of sites to visit and comment on for this Texana Designs Blog Hop contest:

Texana Designs Blog JimmyeSue Mitchell, Texana Designs Owner 

Texana Designs Blog  Joyce Meyer Stamp Artist

Texana Designs Facebook Jilda Bolton DTM

Janet'sGems  Janet Bradshaw DTM

Made by Design Megan Bickers DTM← You are here

Libby'sLittle Addiction Libby Hickson DTM

WhoI Am Karen Lambert DTM 

This link will take you to the next stop for our blog hop:
Libby'sLittle Addiction Libby Hickson DTM

Blog Hop Contest Details:
Don't forget to comment on EACH stop along the way (JimmyeSue and Joyce both have a post on the Texana Designs blog). On Friday, March 7th at 9:00am CT, we will be going over all the comments on all the blogs. Each person who has commented on EACH and EVERY stop in this blog hop will be entered into a drawing to win all seven cards featured in the hop. And don't forget to leave an email address where you can be contacted so we can contact you to mail the cards out to you if you are the winner. The winner will be announced on Saturday, March 8th at 6:00am CT on both the Texana Designs blog and Texana Designs Facebook Page.

Supplies Used:
Texana Designs Stamps:
Jam'n Bluebonnet (framed) Cling Mount Rubber Stamp
Jam'n Wildflower (tall) Cling Mount Rubber Stamp
Jam'n Daffodil Cling Mount Rubber Stamp
Jam'n Texas Outline Large Cling Mount Rubber Stamp 
"There's No Place Like TEXAS in the Springtime" Cling Mount Rubber Stamp  
Georgia Pacific: White Cardstock
Bazzill: Green Cardstock
Tsukineko: Memento Inkpad (Tuxedo Black)
Ranger: Distress Inkpad (Brushed Corduroy); Distress Markers (Barn Door, Peeled Paint, Walnut Stain); Distress Stain (Antique Linen), Foam Blending Tool
Letraset: Promarkers (Pear Green, Marsh Green, Winterberry, Twilight Sky, Midnight Blue, Eggnog, Gold, Blender)
Zig: Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter)
WeRMemory Keepers: Yellow Washi Tape
Unknown: Red Washi Tape
Ranger: Heat It Craft Tool
Fiskars: Craft Knife, Compact Stamp Press 
Foam Tape
Water- Recycled Spray Bottle


Thanks for joining us on our Blog Hop! :)

Coming March 1st...Texana Designs First Ever Blog Hop

I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that the Texana Designs Team members will be hosting our first ever blog hop on March 1st. Each of us (including the Owner, the Artist and all five Design Team Members) have created an original card front based off a sketch drawn by Karen Lambert. The sketch and our individual cards will be posted on our blogs when this blog hop goes live on March 1st. 

You don't want to miss your chance to leave a comment on all seven blogs/posts to be entered to win the set of seven original card fronts! The drawing will be held on March 8th.

And I have a special treat for you too....I have created my first video of my card making process which will be included in my blog post. :)

Contributors will be:

JimmyeSue Mitchell, Texana Designs Owner

Joyce Meyer, Stamp Artist

Janet Bradshaw, DTM

Jilda Bolton, DTM

Megan Bickers, DTM

Karen Lambert, DTM

Libby Hickson, DTM

See you soon! :)

Layout Share: Scrapbook Generations Sketch Week

This week is Sketch week over at Scrapbook Generations.  I absolutely *LOVE* working with Allison Davis' sketches, so when she contacted the Sketch Support team to see if we would help create some layouts based on her sketches, I was totally all-in! :) 

Allison's sketches are so easy to adapt to fit your own photos/embellishments, plus she includes all the details and measurements for you on the page.  She has lots of new sketches she releases every month over at Scrapbook Generations, and here is the link to the August free sketch I used for this layout. There are lots of other sketches you can purchase as well for the month of August. Here is the link to these other great sketches.

Again, here is the free downloadable sketch that I used for this layout.

I didn't change much for this sketch, except for the photo sizes. I used a 4x6 in place of a 4x4 main photo. For the smaller photos, I used wallet size (2.5 x 3.5"). I was able to use a 6x6 paper pad for the blue background behind my photo, and used up lots of OLD paper scraps in my drawer.  Guess this layout is really a throwback since most of the supplies were older ones I've had forever. LOL

I added some stamping and washi tape to the "polaroid" frames I cut from white cardstock with my paper trimmer. I also raided my *not used often enough* Christmas stash of supplies and found these old holly leaf buttons and threaded them with crochet thread to add accents on my layout.

My journaling was done with my trusty Dymo Caption Maker. I love this thing and it's been a while since I used it, so it was high time I pulled it back out and put it to good use. Anyone else remember using these as kids? I loved to turn the wheel to make all the letters emboss. :)

For those of you who know me well, I have to use stamps on my layouts. It's a sickness, I tell you! :)  I stamped the large word "smile" in navy blue chalk ink, then added the word "blessing" below it with a green chalk ink. I love the way chalk ink stamps on kraft cardstock. I also carried the black label maker tape down on the layout by adding a few more words to the title along with the date.

Supplies Used:

The Paper Studio: Kraft Cardstock

Teresa Collins: Everyday Moments 6x6 Paper Pad

Crossed Paths: Red Pattern Paper

Chatterbox: Olive Den Plaid (and solid blue backside)

Ranger: Distress Inkpad (Walnut Stain); Foam Blender Tool

Clearsnap: Fluid Chalk Inkpads (Olive Pastel, Blue Iris)

Tsukineko: Versafine Inkpad (Onyx Black)

Stamps: Close To My Heart ("True Story"); Technique Tuesday ("Blessing"); Heidi Swapp ("Smile")

My Mind's Eye: Blue Diagonal Washi Tape

Autumn Leaves: Red Buttons

Making Memories: Holly Leaf Buttons

Dymo Caption Maker and Black Label Tape

Coats & Clark: Crochet Thread (Red and Green)

Sandpaper

Long Time No Post... Time to change that!

It's been a wild and crazy year for us, but I've still been finding time to create cards and some scrapbook pages. Just haven't had a chance to get them uploaded here on my blog.

So I wanted to post a photo tutorial today to make up for my absence. :)

To create the cloud background, I quickly hand cut a cloud shape from scrap cardstock.

 Then I placed it on the yellow cardstock and used a foam blender tool to rub some turquoise ink over the edges.

 To create an entire background, I just moved the cloud shape across the yellow card base and inked around it.

 When you remove the cloud template, and fill up the entire card base, this is what you end up with.

 I decided the clouds needed a little definition, so I used a black extra thin sharpie marker to quickly sketch in cloud outlines. I didn't worry about how neat these lines were- the messier the better. :) That's what makes it fun.

 Here's what the background looked like when I got finished with it.

 Along the bottom of the card, I added three strips of washi tape. I used light blue, turquoise and green since I was going for a "beachy" look.

 When I've used washi tape in the past on my cards, the ends tended to come unstuck after a little while. This is what I did to fix that. :)

 I used my ATG adhesive along the back side of the card, then wrapped the washi tape over top. No more washi tape peeling up off the back of my cards! :)

 I love stamping my sentiments on thin strips of cardstock. I also cut my sentiment stamps apart to be able to use them in various ways on my cards and layouts. 

 I line my stamps up in a straight line on the stamp press and then ink them up and stamp them on my strip of cardstock. The benefit of using the stamp press is you can line up the sentiment with the paper before you press it down to stamp.

 Love how these look stamped on the tiny strips of paper. These are about 1/4' wide. I just trim the edges down to fit my project. On this card, I cut a little "v" shape out to make a banner edge.

 To blend the white sentiment in with my card, I use the foam blender tool and edged it with the same turquoise inkpad color. This sentiment was then glued down on top of the washi tape layers.

 Since I just can't leave well enough alone... lol.... I decided to add some sparkle to my clouds. I used the Wink of Stella clear brush marker to quickly sketch some glitter onto my clouds. Loved how it turned out!

 I didn't get pictures of the coloring steps, but I used my promarkers to color the pelican and die cut the image with a nestabilities frame, inked the edges with the turquoise ink and added some sparkle with the Wink of Stella glitter pen. The sparkle reminded me of the whitecaps on waves.

 I attached the pelican image with foam tape to give the card a little dimension.

 Here's the finished card...hope you can see all the glitter that was added to the clouds.

 And glitter added to the water. It is just stunning in person, but hard to capture with a camera.

I'll be posting some more cards and tutorials soon, so be sure to check back again often!

Supplies Used:

Texana Designs Stamps: Pelican, I think You're Wind-erful!

Georgia Pacific: White Cardstock

Bazzill: Yellow Cardstock

Tsukineko: Memento Inkpad (Tuxedo Black)

Ranger: Distress Inkpad (Peacock Feather); Foam Blending Tool

Letraset: Promarkers/Flexmarkers (Duck Egg, Glacier Blue, Surf Blue, Marine, Mint Green, Mustard, Gold, Icy Grey 1, Icy Grey 3, Icy Grey 5, Black, Blender)

Spellbinders: Nestabilities Dies (Labels 18)

Zig: Wink of Stella Brush Glitter Pen (Clear)

My Minds Eye: Washi (Blue Chevron)

Pick Your Plum: Washi (Green, Turquoise)

Foam Tape